Julia the Documentary Slayer

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Shanna will present her Pussy Riot paper at BGSU’s Ray Browne conference this coming Sunday and anxiously awaits Bailey’s Irish Creme cookies from The Cookie Jar. Also started a rewatch of Buffy due to the 20th anniversary.

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Janet battles Snowpocalypse! Plus The Real Hub of the Universe remains in beta hell as she outlines the sequel. So this goes on between a ton of professional (for money) blogging. Which is on thrill a minute topics such as aboveground swimming pools and fuel injector systems.

Special Guest Julia Largent discusses her dissertation research on documentary fandom.

Julia is a Ph.D candidate in the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University. She joins us to discuss what documentary fans do. This is compared to the media fans who usually come to mind when we think about “fans.” In addition, her research involves the documentaries Audrie and Daisy, Frontline’s The Choice, and Serial. Julia also talks about the relationship between documentary fandom and real-person fanfic. Furthermore, she shares her discovery of the existence of Grey Gardens fanfic.

IP Owners and their Feelings about Fan Fiction

Given the conversation surrounding the many of the legal cases on our radar, one thing is certain. Copyright owners vary in how they feel about fanfic and fan film. Also, sometimes they change their mind over time. Here are some of the highlights:

Legal News and Extras

So keep an eye out for blog posts about Seuss v. Gerrald and other legal issues as they come up. Also tune in to our YouTube channel for some “extras” – our first one is Crowdfunding Follies – Caveat Donator. Furthermore, more extras will follow soon!

Our Next Show

So in May our special guest will be Ph.D Candidate Gabriel Cruz from Bowling Green State University. Gabe will join us to talk about race and representation in comic books and the superhero fandom.

Show Note URLs

Finally, please check out these links to everything else we talked about!